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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, May 10, 2007 CONTACT: Courtney Skare, International Academic Programs, University of Wisconsin–Madison, (608) 261-1020, caskare@bascom.wisc.edu Madison, WI –International Academic Programs (IAP), a member program of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of International Studies, has announced the 2007 winners of its annual study abroad photo contest. Participants of UW–Madison study abroad …
The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, visited the UW–Madison campus May 4 and gave a public talk about U.S.-Indonesia relations in the current context of East and Southeast Asia. Gilles Bousquet, dean of International Studies, and Andy Sutton, the director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, welcomed …
Ernest Darkoh, a global health hero in the fight against HIV/AIDS, will return to campus on Thursday, May 10, to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award. Five other graduates will also be honored at a 5 p.m. ceremony at the Memorial Union, which is free and open to the public. (Click here for more information) Dr. …
Sunday’s French presidential election results will be discussed by Professors Laird Boswell (History, UW–Madison) in Madison and Pascal Delisle (Sciences Po) in Paris. Click here for more information.
Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa had a grand goal in mind when she established a fund to bring renowned women from across the globe to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Click here for more information.
Guido Podesta, Professor in the UW–Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), has been named Associate Dean in the Division of International Studies, the Dean of International Studies, Gilles Bousquet, announced today. Professor Podesta holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Minnesota-Twin …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI – John Campbell, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria since May, 2004, will be Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison next fall, the Division of International Studies announced today. “We are tremendously pleased …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, (608) 263-1755 Madison, WI – The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, will visit the UW–Madison campus on Friday, May 4, 2007 and speak about “U.S.-Indonesia Relations in the Current Context of East and Southeast …
His Excellency Knut Vollebaek. Ambassador of Norway to the United States & His Excellency Jan Kenneth Eliasson, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States, President elect of the United Nations Assembly. Place: Memorial Union, Main Lounge, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI Time: 10am The Ambassadors are traveling across the United States in 2005 on the …
“Disaster in Darfur: Sudan’s Defiance of International Human Rights,” Friday evening, April 27 and all day Saturday, 28, 200, will gather leading Sudan specialists, including government and UN officials, human rights activists, international lawyers, investigative journalists, and scholars all of whom have played prominent roles in addressing the human rights disaster in Darfur. Free and …